10th Amendment

Justin Kubek and Randall Jennings

Marriage Rights Reserved to the State

Federal Govt. is abusing reserved freedoms

Defense of Marriage Act {1996

Signed into law by Bill Clinton

Same Sex marriage is not recognized Not eligible for the typical marriage freedoms

Considered unconstitutional Discrimination among gays/homosexuals

Same Sex(SS) Couples

Live in 99.3% of all US counties

Raise children in at least 96% of all US counties.

Denied basic marriage rights

Denied Freedoms for Unmarried/Unrecognized Couples

Don't have responsibility for each other's debt Can't always sign up for joint home and auto

insurance Domestic partnerships are not given any legal

acknowledgment leave families without the clarity of their

legal status and rights Excluded from tax benefits

Denied Freedoms cont.

Don't automatically inherit property nor get protection for inheritance rights

Can be denied or disfavored in their applications for public housing.

Many employers don't cover domestic partners or their biological/non-biological children in their health insurance

Currently (as of Aug.29 2013)

Supreme Court decision to overturn part of DOMA Which forbidden IRS to accept SS couple joint tax returns

Now acknowledged as if heterosexual marriage

SS spoused will be treated legally married under federal tax law Regardless if local authorities don't recognize them

Supreme Court (SS)

Filings in the Defense of Marriage Act  and California’s Proposition 8 cases(June 26, 2013)

Homos now recognized as heteros

://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57591089/supreme-court-strikes-down-key-part-of-doma-dismisses-prop-8-case/

Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana(MM)

Benefits Discovered Cancer, AIDS, Glaucoma...

Pot Prescription CMA

Legal Dealers

MM Main Problems

Use of MM remains illegal under federal law In states where MM laws exist, patients/providers

are vulnerable to arrest/interference from federal law enforcement

This makes ill people possible criminals

MM is an alternative to synthetic pain killers For some, it is all that works

 

MM rights infringed upon

Reserved power

Federal Govt./Authorities abusing reserved powers

Education In The States

No Child Left Behind

Established in 2001 by Bush

States that all schools must meet a basic level in education

Aims for education improvement

Focused on poverty-stricken areas

Pushes teachers and students

No Child Left Behind

Federal Law

Tells states what to do

Conflicts with state rights

Denial means no federal funds

Poverty-struck areas need funding

Connecticut Court Case

First state to challenge No Child Left Behind

Law required testing grades 3-8

State only tested grades 4, 6, and 8

Extra testing

Millions more in funding

Wanted law changed or more money

Connecticut Court Case

Court decided to not hear trial

Deemed “premature”

Still complaints from senator and governor

NAACP stepped in with minority parents and students

Said money used by state to pursue could’ve been used for something else

Ways around civil rights statutes

State Assessments

Each state makes own exam

Different one for every state

Required by No Child Left Behind Act

State Assessments

PA-PA System of School Assessment (PSSA)

PA changed to keystones

CT- CT Academic Performance Test (CAPT)

HI- HI State Assessment (HSA)

SC- Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (Pass)

WA- High School Proficiency Exam

Social Security

Money for disability and 65 or older

Federal payroll tax

Government borrows out of SS

Might not be here in future-baby boom age

Longer living

Higher pay=more SS taken out

Medicare

Government pays medical benefits

For 65 and up

For people under poverty level

Complaints about paying for unemployed

States should pay according to population

Bibliography

Www.nbcnews.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013. <http://www.nbcnews.com/id/41723439/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/connecticut-loses-no-child-left-behind-legal-challenge/>.

Www.50states.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013. <http://www.50states.com/abbreviations.htm#.UjHImLCHeSo>.

Www2.ed.gov. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013. <http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml>.

Edinformatics.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013. <http://edinformatics.com/testing/testing2.htm>.

Bibliography

Bloomberg. Bloomberg, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013. <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/

     2013-08-29/gay-spouses-in-all-states-can-file-joint-taxes.html>. news on

     gays

CBS News. CBS Interactive, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013. <http://www.cbsnews.com/

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     court case

Drug Policy Alliance. Drug Policy Alliance, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

     <http://www.drugpolicy.org/medical-marijuana>. the problems

Freedom to Marry. Freedom to Marry, n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.

     <http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pages/

     from-why-marriage-matters-appendix-b-by-evan-wolfson>. what gay couples

     are denied/do not have access to

Bibliography cont.

Marriage Equality Usa. Marriage Equality Usa, n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.

     <http://www.marriageequality.org/get-the-facts>. marriage

     rights/privileges

Policy Mic. Policy Mic, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013. <http://www.policymic.com/

     articles/31176/what-is-doma>. about bill clintons approval on DOMA/ what

     its about

Pro Con. Pro Con, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

     <http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000628>.

     rules of recommending/guidlines